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General Discussion Area / Re: Top Gear

« on: 28 July 2006, 23:14:31 »

i like TG, but was reading somewhere that they are seriously considering pulling the plug on it within the next year or so  

The producer and JC want it to end on a high and not drag on to be some boring programme presented by old farts who are rattling on about cars that people are no longer interested in and they don't want it the comedy to go stale either.

Will be a shame if/when it goes, but all good things and all that...........

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General Discussion Area / Re: Annonymous poll on running costs of site

« on: 26 July 2006, 19:02:22 »

i would happily pay £10 to assist in the running of the site, aside from the money that could be saved there is the 'social' side of it to consider.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Which gearbox

« on: 29 July 2006, 15:03:05 »

i think other refers to the rare 5 speed auto option that was on the last of the miggys

I have both manual and auto, the miggy is auto, the cav is manual, i keep stalling the cav cos i forget when i get to junctions and lights  

big engines and autos work well, never got on with small engines with autos though, just doesn't seem to work well

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General Discussion Area / Re: just a tad dear, would anyone even considor it

« on: 28 July 2006, 23:18:59 »

:ostupid money nearly bought a complete mv6 with black leather last night for less than he wants for the seats  

That's how to do it!!

I love the seats in my MV6, but if I wanted better seats for a project, there's much better options for much less money.

please tell me how.......

I am after a set of black leather recaro seats for a project, they have got to be mint as the car is a show car, recaros because of the slide out leg support (i have long legs and it helps a lot) and black leather because that's what the back seat is trimmed in, plus they are a vauxhall seat so they will go straight in the car with no modifications

that said i wuld not pay that sort of money, if they were £200 then i would, no doubt

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General Discussion Area / Re: just a tad dear, would anyone even considor it

« on: 28 July 2006, 17:14:28 »

i would soooo like these....but for my other project car.....

if the missus saw me even thinking about it i would get shot

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General Discussion Area / Re: Something to present to the "other half"

« on: 28 July 2006, 22:59:08 »

i showed it to her indoors.......and got slapped for 'thinking in this backward manner'  :-?

my defense was that i was showing how much things have moved on in the last 50 years and how much more freedom women have.....

she slapped me again :-?

so i returned to my PC

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General Discussion Area / Re: Mtek doing offer on performance chips!

« on: 28 July 2006, 23:07:07 »

i know mine can do the paperclip test so i am good to go as well by the seems of it

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General Discussion Area / Re: Mtek doing offer on performance chips!

« on: 28 July 2006, 17:34:54 »

mines a 2.5 2000 model, what type of ECU should i be looking for in order to ensure compatability?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Mtek doing offer on performance chips!

« on: 26 July 2006, 20:32:47 »

i was looking at this earlier, there are a couple of queries/resevations

the insurance, i know that some people don't declare chips as a mod but surely the insurance company is going to want to know.

Relaibility, fitting a component that will change the way the car drives/behaves/performs will surely also affect the longevity of the engine as well.

fitting, has anyine ever fitted a chip? is it just 'plug and play'

finally what sort of improvements (on a general basis) can you expect to see from something like this?

I'm interested, i would just like those little niggles put to the back of my mind where they belong

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General Discussion Area / Re: Car Stickers

« on: 28 July 2006, 23:05:20 »

I have ordered front and rear. I notlce they are called show plates so I think I'll keep the old ones and stick them back on when I get it MOT'd.
I suppose that technically they are illegal and, of course, are part of the test.

So long at the font and spacing conforms to standard then they will pass an MOT with some form of script below the numbers and letters, dealers do it all the time.

the reason for selling them as show plates is because they can get round the legislation of having to see formal ID from the purchaser like you would do if you went into a local store and bought a set

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General Discussion Area / Re: Vx non current models

« on: 28 July 2006, 17:17:00 »

for tears vauxhall placed very little emphasis on non current models, this is no different to most car manufacturers these days.....


I have been banned from my local dealer for expressing my thoughs on matters like this to the parts manager (oh and calling him a thumbless hitch hiker  )

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General Discussion Area / Re: So who are we all - Meet and Greet

« on: 12 July 2006, 09:54:19 »

Hi Guys,

I'm Jason, known on other forums as Wildfire.

36, married, used to work in a vaux dealer (10 years) now run my own training company.

My Miggy is a facelift Elite, bought it for work and glad i did, currently rebuilding a Mk2 cavalier convertable that will have a C2.5XE fitted (love the sound of V6's)

Good to see some old faces

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General Discussion Area / Re: Location Location Location

« on: 21 July 2006, 18:38:03 »

i must the the furthest south currently, Plymouth (AKA Plymuff)

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General Discussion Area / Re: Autocar article

« on: 15 July 2006, 23:28:56 »

even better when you have a hi vis hanging from the drivers seat  

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General Discussion Area / Re: Martin Imber

« on: 12 July 2006, 23:45:19 »

Well done to Martin - he is the first person to reach 'Junior Member' status, by reaching 50 posts.

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